PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



hatching season is over and be fed sparingly on a mash 

 of one part, by weight, corn meal, two parts bran, one 

 part low-grade wheat flour, one part green feed, 8 per 

 cent beef scrap, and 3 per cent grit, given once or twice 

 daily, with one feed of mixed grains ; or the mash may be 

 made of three parts, by measure, corn meal, four parts 

 bran, two parts low-grade wheat flour, three-fourths of a 

 part of meat scrap, and two parts of green feed, with a 

 small amount of grit and shell or mineral matter. 



Feed Pekin ducks for eggs beginning about the first 

 of December on a mash of I pound of corn meal, I pound 

 of low-grade wheat flour or middlings, i pound of bran, 

 15 per cent of beef scrap, 15 per cent of vegetables or 

 green feed, and some grit, feeding this mash twice daily, 

 in the morning and at night, and also giving i quart of 

 mixed corn and wheat to every 30 ducks at noon when 

 they are laying heavily. This laying ration should be fed 

 throughout the year to Indian Runners or to any breed 

 of ducks kept principally for the production of market 

 eggs. If the Indian Runner ducks are not laying they 

 should be fed sparingly. All rations are by weight un- 

 less otherwise stated. Thirty laying ducks (Pekins) will 

 eat about 10 quarts of moistened mash and green feed 

 at each meal. 



Green cut alfalfa, clover, rye, oats, and corn are used 

 as soiling crops or green feed for ducks and ducklings, 

 and are mixed in the mash. Ducklings and ducks are 

 usually fed mash on flat feed boards rather than in 

 troughs. The drinking water should be near the feed, so 



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